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Heartburn remains a burning difficulty for more than 60 million Americans every month but a new National Heartburn Alliance (NHBA) survey reveals the majority of sufferers are confused by obtainable treatment choices. According to the survey, 64 % of sufferers are unsure how common more than-the-counter (OTC) medicines differ, although 54 % are "unfamiliar with treatment possibilities" or "don't know how they apply."

To address the need for education, NHBA has created the "Name that Burn Quiz," a customized, online heartburn screener that can support sufferers identify whether they expertise episodic, frequent or severe heartburn and define their distinct behavioral and life style triggers.

"The new survey findings clearly demonstrate that too several Americans suffering from heartburn never have appropriate information with regards to obtainable treatments and way of life modifications that apply to them," says David A. Peura, M.D., F.A.C.P., M.A.C.G., A.G.A.F, NHBA chair and professor of medicine at the University of Virginia. "To address the gap, I'm pleased to announce that NHBA now delivers customized on-line data about suitable treatment options based on the kind of heartburn sufferers encounter."

New NHBA Tools

And Sources

In response to the new survey findings, NHBA has added a lot more educational tools to its Internet website at www.heartburnalliance.org. "Understand About Your Burn" is devoted to assisting heartburn sufferers determine their sort of heartburn and suitable therapy choices.

• Episodic, or occasional, heartburn is characterized by infrequent bouts of heartburn that are typically manageable or predictable in the quick term.

• Frequent heartburn happens two or far more days per week. Frequent heartburn sufferers may possibly also be those who medicate heartburn symptoms a lot more than two days per week.

• Severe, or chronic, heartburn happens more than two days per week and persists whilst taking acceptable medicines in spite of dietary and way of life adjustments.

"Name that Burn Quiz" is an interactive screener to support sufferers recognize what type of heartburn impacts them and what person way of life habits might contribute to or "trigger" symptoms. Once the quiz is completed, every single user will receive recommendations for remedy possibilities or way of life alterations that may possibly aid increase symptoms.

Guests can study genuine-life profiles of heartburn sufferers and understand about actions they have taken to minimize, handle or get rid of heartburn. They can view a sample reflux record-a tool that can aid track heartburn symptoms-and download their personal. They can also share their personal heartburn good results stories with other heartburn sufferers.

Further Survey Results

• Only 41 percent of all heartburn sufferers surveyed correctly identified their sort of heartburn-episodic, frequent or extreme (even though 63 % believed they could).

• Sixty-two percent of heartburn sufferers surveyed think heartburn is their personal fault, due to their overall health or one thing they ate.

• Since 2000, an boost of 23 percent of heartburn sufferers surveyed stated that they seek info about heartburn on World wide web health web sites (an improve of much more than five instances).

• Much more than 69 % of all sufferers surveyed said they would like to know a lot more about heartburn.

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